Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences
2000 Volume 28, Number 5
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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Teacher Thinking, Beliefs, and Knowledge in Higher Education: An Introduction
Nira Hativa
Provides an overview of this issue that focuses on teacher thinking, beliefs, and knowledge in higher education. Topics include teaching goals; self-perception of teachers as teachers; thinking and... More
pp. 331-34
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Strategic Alertness and Expanded Awareness within Sophisticated Conceptions of Teaching
Noel Entwistle & Paul Walker
Explains a nested hierarchy of conceptions of teaching and suggests a process of expanding awareness among academic staff of the relation between learning and teaching. Presents a case study of one... More
pp. 335-61
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Reflection: Issues Related To Improving Professors' Teaching and Students' Learning
Lynn McAlpine & Cynthia Weston
Describes research on the reflection of six professors regarding their thinking about teaching. Topics include the model of the metacognitive process of reflection; the role of reflection in... More
pp. 363-85
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What University Teachers Teach and How They Teach It
Elaine Martin, Michael Prosser, Keith Trigwell, Paul Ramsden & Joan Benjamin
Describes an empirical study which considered the different ways in which 26 university teachers intended to constitute a subject, how they then taught the subject, and how consistent their... More
pp. 387-412
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Planning Introductory College Courses: Content, Context and Form
Joan S. Stark
Discusses college course planning and describes the results of an empirical study that explored faculty members' underlying assumptions about planning and their decision-making process when... More
pp. 413-38
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Multiple Dimensions of University Teacher Self-Concept: Construct Validation and the Influence of Students' Evaluations of Teaching
Lawrence A. Roche & Herbert W. Marsh
Discusses teachers' self-perceptions of their teaching effectiveness in higher education. Topics include self-concept; student evaluations of teaching effectiveness (SETs); a multidimensional... More
pp. 439-68
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Lecturers' Approaches To Teaching and Their Relationship to Conceptions of Good Teaching
David Kember & Kam-Por Kwan
Describes a study that was conducted to characterize the approaches to teaching of university lecturers and to examine the relationship between lecturers' approaches to teaching and their... More
pp. 469-90
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Becoming a Better Teacher: A Case of Changing the Pedagogical Knowledge and Beliefs of Law Professors
Nira Hativa
Describes how the teaching style of two law professors in Israel was changed after a treatment for improving instruction. Identifies three factors that influenced student opinions about their... More
pp. 491-523